A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS STUDY, THE FIFTH IN A SERIES, EXAMINED SOME OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROGRAMING LEARNING SEQUENCES FOR TELEVISION. THE TOPICS REPORTED WERE--(1) BASIC OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF PROGRAMED AUTOINSTRUCTION, (2) OBJECTIVES IN APPLYING PROGRAMING PROCEDURES TO TELEVISION, (3) PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TELEVISION MEDIUM, (4) ROLE OF THE PROGRAM USED WITH INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICES, AND (5) PROGRAMING FOR TELEVISION. SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS IN PROGRAMING WERE DISCUSSED AND RELATED TO PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE GAINED IN STUDIES ON INITIAL ATTEMPTS TO PROGRAM FOR FIXED-PACE PRESENTATION. A CONCLUDING SECTION IS DEVOTED TO THE FUTURE ROLE OF PROGRAMED TELEVISION INSTRUCTION. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 003 646 THROUGH ED 003 653. (JC)